We had set up a lecture room that sat about 45 people for the series. It’s a way to dig deep on a certain topic.
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Last year, we had a really amazing lineup of panelists who were also highly accomplished instructors - Meg is in that category - so we broke out a panel series called the Craft Intensive Series, which is a single instructor in a smaller room doing a deep dive on some aspects of craft or the business. How has the curriculum evolved since it was introduced?ĮD: It’s a process of focusing on things that seem important, listening to our audience, and learning year by year which programs have the highest attendance. She makes things not only easy to digest but also inspiring. She’s an excellent speaker, but she’s also funny and down to earth and very forthcoming about her process and the hurdles she has faced. A majority of attendees listed Meg LeFauve, who wrote ‘Inside Out’, as their favorite presenter.
How do you select the speakers and mentors?ĮD: There’s kind of an organic conversation behind the scenes that reflects what’s in the zeitgeist, and we think that’s important to our attendees and it also brings the heavy-hitters back. There are excellent opportunities to build community. We find that, if you get writers together, they want to stand around and talk and drink and talk some more. Friday and Monday are both half-days of programming. We’re expecting about 500 attendees for three days of programming.ĮD: It starts on Friday and ends on Monday.
It’s the most attendees, the most industry panelists, and the most days of programming. ALSO READ: Reel Women: Emily Dell of ScreenCraft Writers Summit We expect to bring show runners, educators, producers, financiers, AA winners, literary agents, managers, studio execs, and staff TV writers to the summit. There’s something to be said for gathering people outside of their regular environment. There’s a reason why some of the biggest film events are outside of Los Angeles. It’s also a geographically central location for people to gather and network. JR: This year we’re producing it on our own in Chicago for two reasons: it’s the single largest audience base for emerging screenwriters, obviously home to a long list of illustrious screenwriters and filmmakers. We’re talking to Second City about doing some programming. It’s been fantastic to forge alliances with Chicago organizations like the IFA and the Chicago Film Office and the local universities. It also opens up the different Chicago-based creative communities to build collaboration for the long term. Year after year, we have seen more than 50% of our attendees fly in from out of town. Walls come down and connections are built and everybody has more fun. Storytellers love to experience a new environment that feels fresh. Why did you choose Chicago for ScreenCraft 2020?Įmily Dell: One of the other reasons that we chose Chicago is that we find that all of these industry heavyweights have a better experience when it’s not in LA. Our very first summit was in Nashville in partnership with the Nashville Film Festival. Out of that growth, four years ago, we decided to start an annual conference. The people who worked with us were selling their scripts and getting hired on TV shows. ScreenCraft has grown since then to become a leading talent organization for emerging screenwriters. I saw an increasing number of screenwriters asking for their scripts to be read, and I saw an excellent opportunity to develop an emerging talent screenwriting discovery program. Cameron was one of our readers, and his script coverage was excellent, head and shoulders better than the rest. I was the assistant to the CEO at Open Road Films. John Rhodes: I founded ScreenCraft with Cameron Cubbison in 2013. What is the quick history of ScreenCraft? John Rhodes and Emily Dell Meet Screencraft’s John Rhodes and Emily Dell Here, in a Reel Chicago exclusive, the duo shares some insight about ScreenCraft’s Chicago debut next month. Together, they have developed a program of expertise and intimacy that gets bigger every year. She also works closely with ScreenCraft co-founder John Rhodes, a producer who has worked on films like ‘End of Watch,’ ‘Rabbit Hole,’ and ‘Enders Game’. Besides running the summit, she’s a writer and director whose credits include ‘B-Girl’, a tale of breakdancing and will power currently playing on Amazon Prime. There are social events every night.”ĭell speaks from experience.
“There are excellent opportunities to build community. “We find that, if you get writers together, they want to stand around and talk and drink and talk some more,” says ScreenCraft Summit Executive Director Emily Dell.
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